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This weekend I finally got round to moving most of the 'desk based' items from my Mum's house over to mine, so I potentially could actually start painting and modelling.  I also shifted across the Dreadnought that I did as last years GD entry and had a weird thought - how about having another go at doing what I did as my entry last year?  Randomly it's almost exactly a year since I started my last entry so I know that the time frame isn't too scary - plus my working environment is now much better and there is very little stopping me burning the midnight oil.  I learned a lot from last years entry so I feel that the actual construction process… Read More

I borrowed the Tomb King Warhammer Army book off my brother yesterday, although it's quite sparse on artwork there are some key elements that I could use for a possible entry for GD2010.  There is a really quite cool map/article that describes lots of traps encountered in a small pyramid. One thing that is interesting is that it's currently rumoured that the Tomb Kings will be getting a new army book during 2010 - in fact it's currently rumoured that it will be the army released after Beasts of Chaos - which would make it a April/May release I reckon.  On a positive note this means that should I decide to do this as an entry that I could add… Read More

This idea is probably the first that I actually feel genuine enthusiasm towards.  As I may have mentioned, I feel that a lot of the recent diorama's that have won at Golden Demon have been small and don't have much in the way of 'battle' in them - they are however brilliant on technical and painting levels.  The category allows you to use a 1 ft cube (or 30cm for those who prefer metric) and I personally think that it's a shame not to use every available bit of this. So whilst I've been looking on the internet, I've always had in the back of my mind that it would be nice to have something suitable for this maximum sized cube - and I now think… Read More

I may be mad, but I've had a bit of a thought for a GD2010 project - a scratch build Thunderhawk Gunship.  Although you can actually purchase a Forgeworld model and GW have produced a metal one in the past (yes I remember that one - it came in a velvet lined oak box), it is still a fantastically impressive piece.  I'd likely make it in some kind of diorama carrying some vehicles or dropping off troops. One of the really nice things about what is in essence a Space Marine vehicle is that it doesn't need billions of rivets like a Imperial Guard vehicle would.  Although it would be a large project, the most complicated pieces are the two jet… Read More

A couple more possibilities to add into the melting pot in regards to some kind of diorama. First off is a Warhammer Quest dungeon scene, but using modern models.  A bit like the one Mike McVey did years back where the whole thing is split into a number of micro-dioramas with different monsters and party members.  For the barbarian I think it would be possible to convert a Chaos Knight into a much more 'Conan' style character, Wizard would be the new empire wizard box, Elf could be one of the wood elf range and Dwarf could be converted from any number of Dwarf models. Whilst searching (the wonders of Google Images) I also came across a number… Read More

Having flicked through the Warhammer Online collectors edition art book, I think that I've come up with a potential concept for my Golden Demon entry next year.  Within the book (and indeed the game), there is a Tzeentch bridge, simply put it has a path leading upto and out of what can only be described as an upturned pyramid, which is floating in the air.  At the top of this structure is a large Tzeentch eyeball, surveying all that come and go. What strikes me about this as a project is that it's going to be pretty unique.  It's a massive modelling project in it's own right and lends itself to a significant portion being airbrushed.  For… Read More

My first post of various musings. So then, whatever I decide to do for next year Golden Demon has to be bigger, better painted, better planned, more colourful and generally the mutt's nut's.  Easy then!  Now in reality I probably spent a total of three 'average' months on my model (i.e. 12 weeks) - I reckon I put in a but under 90 hours work in total.  So lets reckon I have 45 weeks with which to do things before the next Golden Demon (giving me 7 weeks for things like Christmas, leaving home, holiday, etc) - that's between three and four times the amount of time, putting in 7.5 hours worth of work for each of those 45 weeks - 330… Read More